People have told me they find my music "soothing," so they call me "the gentle giant." I am currently 6'8", but I wasn't born this tall. It just seems like it. Obviously, I played some…

I was born in Savonlinna, Finland, and grew up in the Northwoods of Ely, Minnesota. My early musical influences include my mother's Finnish heritage, and popular albums from the 60's and 70's. …

The Boundary Water Boys are a group of pedigreed musical friends who hail from the Great Northwoods of Minnesota, including its beautiful Boundary Waters Wilderness area merging the…

The Spiritwood Music Northwoods Ensemble features the award winning string musicians on our label: Mary LaPlant (violin & piano), Eli Bissonett (violin), John…

Mary LaPlant's passions have always extended beyond her dedication to family (she is a full-time mom to Emily and Jedidiah) to two other callings; violin and the environment.…

Spiritwood Music is proud to have some of the best performing and recording artists in the world on our record label.

Included in the dynamic line-up of Spiritwood Music…

The Boundary Water Boys are a group of pedigreed musical friends who hail from the Great Northwoods of Minnesota, including its beautiful Boundary Waters Wilderness area merging the…

Before I was one year old I was singing assorted little melodies and songs, including two verses of the ever popular "Happy Birthday". I am taking my mother's word for this, but she…

It was a shiny, black, almost new Steinway piano that sat in my mom and dad's living room. It was an amazingly generous gift from the Kalbhen family in gratitude for what my pastor-father had…

Matt Turner is widely regarded as one of the world's leading improvising cellists. Equally skilled as a pianist, Matt performs in a myriad of styles and has shared the stage with Cape Breton…